Dango Ouattara helps Brentford twice level with Palace | OneFootball

Dango Ouattara bagged a brace as Brentford twice fought back at home to Crystal Palace.

It looked for a while like Palace would be putting a big dent into the Bees' European hopes with the visitors 2-1 up until the final minutes of the game.

Palace took the lead from the spot early in the game when Caoimhin Kelleher was judged to have fouled Ismaila Sarr. The forward then took the resulting penalty and found the net just too far from the reach of the diving Kelleher.

The scores were level at the break though as five minutes before time Yehor Yarmoliuk whipped in a cross from the right that the Palace defence didn't take command of allowing Ouattara to ghost in and head home.

The visitors took the lead again after some poor defending from the home side with the ball eventually finding Adam Wharton on the edge of the area to put in a powerful low effort that Kelleher couldn't manage to keep out.

When the European positions are decided next week, Ouattara's 88th minute header may prove to have been crucial. Typically, it came from a long throw from the right that Sepp van den Berg headed on for the Brentford man to convert at the back post.

The Bees are currently eight in the table, one point behind Brighton ahead of their final game of the season away to Liverpool.

Incidents: The story of the match

Brentford Official Line-ups:

Caoimhin Kelleher, Michael Kayode, Kristoffer Ajer, Nathan Collins, Vitaly Janelt, Yehor Yarmoliuk, Mikkel Damsgaard, Mathias Jensen, Dango Ouattara, Igor Thiago, Keane Lewis-Potter

Crystal Palace Official Line-ups:

Dean Henderson, Daniel Muñoz, Chadi Riad, Maxence Lacroix, Jaydee Canvot, Tyrick Mitchell, Daichi Kamada, Adam Wharton, Ismaila Sarr, Strand Larsen, Yéremy Pino

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The match begins

Ismaïla Sarr scores for Crystal Palace with a right-footed shot into the left corner. The score is now Brentford 0, Crystal Palace 1.

6':

GOALCrystal Palace: Ismaila Sarr (Crystal Palace) scores penalty-kick!

Ismaila Sarr scores goal number 9 in the competition (27 matches)

Dango Ouattara scores for Brentford with a header from the center of the box into the right corner. The match is now 1-1.

40':

GOAL Brentford: Dango Ouattara (Brentford) scores!

Dango Ouattara scores goal number 6 in the competition (31 matches)

Crystal Palace takes a 2-1 lead over Brentford as Adam Wharton scores with a left-footed shot from outside the box to the center of the goal, assisted by Daniel Muñoz.

52':

GOAL Crystal Palace: Adam Wharton (Crystal Palace) scores!

Adam Wharton scores goal number 1 in the competition (33 matches)

Dango Ouattara scores for Brentford with a header from a few meters into the top left corner, assisted by Sepp van den Berg's header. The match is now 2-2.

88':

GOAL Brentford: Dango Ouattara (Brentford) scores!

Dango Ouattara scores goal number 7 in the competition (31 matches)

998':

The referee whistles for the end of the match